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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 51-113.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Platitude.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Elision.

2. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?
(a) In the city, he was often tired and hungry.
(b) In the city, he was often forced to hurry and rush through things.
(c) In the city, he was surrounded by crowds and confusion.
(d) In the city, he was surrounded by loud, unpleasant noise.

3. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?
(a) The unripe fruits.
(b) The hermit and vagrants.
(c) The entire landscape.
(d) The wreaths of smoke.

4. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?
(a) Isocolon.
(b) Platitude.
(c) Inversion.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

5. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about his relationships.
(b) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(c) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(d) Confusion about his own ambitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?

2. What is the name of the river the speaker is near?

3. Who is the author of "Tintern Abbey"?

4. What is a "roe" (line 69)?

5. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?

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